... one episode, it started raining so 'shutters' were put across to stop the rain coming in. Of course I'm sat on the seat where there is a leak from above meaning I have to get out the Berghaus and wear my waterproof under shelter. Fortunately JP created some sort of prevention system with tying things everywhere which I was very thankful for. Once we'd finished the episodes, it was a bit of a boring slog towards the end. I wouldn't say we're looking forward to our ...

... aisle going down the middle. It was comfortable and better than we were expecting. We had heard of boats with wooden planks as seats and it didn't sound too appealing. We had seat assignments but those went out the window and everyone sat where they please. Ali and I were about 5 rows back on the right. Seemed like good enough location. We pushed back into the river and the journey began. Surprisingly the "slow boat" wasn't that slow and was probably ...

... trees and small boats were out and about fishing. We moored up alongside a high bluff to visit the Pakistan Ou caves. These can only be accessed by water and contain hundreds of Buddhas,many of them showing damage from when they were in other temples that had been damaged during wars with the Chinese in the Middle Ages. Across the river we saw elephants from a local sanctuary being washed. To give you an idea of the transport ...